In the words of the Bard: "What the fuckety shit?"

[MattKeil]

This is potentially the most psyche-damaging thing I have ever seen on the web.

http://www.goldengategarrison.com/gallery/calkinswed

You can almost wrap your brain around it when it's just the Stormtroopers pissing around aiming their rifles at statues of Alice, etc. Even a couple shots of the actual service and the chick in the lieutenant outfit aren't ENTIRELY out there.

But why is everybody dressed like the cover of Sgt. Pepper and why is that chick covered with inflatable sheep and is that the pope and WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELL LET ME OUT OF HERE

[noun]

This image says it all, really:

http://www.goldengategarrison.com/albums-ggg/calkinswed/Image090.sized.jpg

[quatoria]

No, I think *this* image says it all.

http://www.goldengategarrison.com/albums-ggg/calkinswed/Image066.sized.jpg

[MattKeil]

But what does this image say?

http://www.goldengategarrison.com/albums-ggg/calkinswed/Image181.sized.jpg

[Matthew Gallant]

That's nothing, my friend from school got married by a child molester in a building dedicated to a guy made out of wine and crackers.

[quatoria]

http://www.goldengategarrison.com/albums-ggg/calkinswed/Image133.sized.jpg
...apparently Darth Vader is giving away the bride. Or... killing the pope. Or something. My head hurts just looking at this.

[DennyA]

Un-freakin'-real.

The parents had to be so proud. The wedding they'd always imagined for their children.

[Jakub]

Oh whatever, it's a bunch of people with a goofy sense of humor having a good time.

[quatoria]

Aw, I think it's kind of cool. They're nerds, they're revelling in their nerd-hood, let 'em revel. Nerds get enough hate from the world at large without geeks like us piling on. I mean, it sure makes for some surreal and hilarious photos, but let 'em have their fun.

[balut]

...apparently Darth Vader is giving away the bride. Or... killing the pope. Or something. My head hurts just looking at this.

John Paul II, you have failed me for the last time....

:P

[Midnight Son]

Midnight Son looks about furtively.

Fuck Star Wars!

Muwahahahah! :lol:

[MattKeil]

Midnight Son looks about furtively.

Fuck Star Wars!

Muwahahahah! :lol:

I guess that would fit in nicely at the "or forever hold your peace" part.

[Jakub]

Aw, I think it's kind of cool. They're nerds, they're revelling in their nerd-hood, let 'em revel. Nerds get enough hate from the world at large without geeks like us piling on. I mean, it sure makes for some surreal and hilarious photos, but let 'em have their fun.
I was so afraid I'd be alone in that opinion. :)

[MattKeil]

Aw, I think it's kind of cool. They're nerds, they're revelling in their nerd-hood, let 'em revel. Nerds get enough hate from the world at large without geeks like us piling on. I mean, it sure makes for some surreal and hilarious photos, but let 'em have their fun.
I was so afraid I'd be alone in that opinion. :)

I would never suggest preventing something that makes me laugh this hard.

LEGALIZE NERD MARRIAGE!

[Ben Sones]

I think it's hilarious. I also think folks should celebrate their wedding in whatever way makes them happy. If that means dressing up in Star Wars costumes... well, is it any worse than the mind-numbingingly dull trappings of the traditional formal American wedding?

[Derek Meister]

When even average people nearly bankrupt themselves paying for expensive wedding dresses and bridesmaid outfits they'll only wear once, as well as overpriced flowers, food, drink, wedding cake that won't survive the night, all for a marriage that has only a 50% chance of lasting more than a few years ... well ... the fact that these people decided to use some costumes they could at least wear to a con later and spend the rest of their wedding day taunting the normal people on amusement park rides doesn't seem so insane.

Oh, and quatoria:
nice edit (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/dmeister/qt3/format-break.gif)

[Robert Sharp]

Why does it do that? When I keep writing, it just wraps around. Do you have to do something special to screw it up? If so, PLEASE STOP DOING IT!!!!!!

As for the nerds, the part that confuses me is the mixture. did they sort of each pick their ideas for a perfect cosplay wedding and then just combine them? I guess that would help the ushers, who would no longer have to ask if you are with the bride or the groom. Unless, you came as the walrus or the carpenter, in which case you could look like Chewbacca or Han Solo.....

[Guido Jones]

The table makes text wrap, but the table can't make a image wrap - hence the fucked up margins now.

[Sparky]

... the fact that these people decided to use some costumes they could at least wear to a con later
That's why when Tom Chick and I get married, I will wear my Dr. Doom costume and he's going to wear his Totoro outfit. And everyone will throw Magic cards instead of rice.

[Jamie Madigan]

Oh, sure. GAYS want to get married and people get in a tizzy. But THIS is just allowed to happen?

[Derek Meister]

Why does it do that? When I keep writing, it just wraps around. Do you have to do something special to screw it up? If so, PLEASE STOP DOING IT!!!!!!

Posting images that are 1600 pixels wide (quatoria) will do that.

I deliberately attempt to avoid anything over 700 pixels wide for this very reason.

And everyone will throw Magic cards instead of rice.

That's a good idea, being that the rice is actually worth more these days.

[Dave Long]

You can also fuck it up by posting a huge ass URL.

--Dave

[quatoria]

YEAH, DEREK. Thanks for breaking the wrap with your huge image! Jerk!

[Dave Long]

Man, sometimes for sheer comic relief, posts should be uneditable.

--Dave

[Brian Rubin]

My Brain Hurts!

[Warlord of Mars]

Evidently we have stumbled upon the storyboards for George Lucas's upcoming Star Wars III.V: Wonders with Jar Jar in Fairyland.

[JessicaM]

I absolutely have to laugh at the Qt3 reaction to this. I remember when anyone who played computer games was taunted and derided just as nastily as you guys do to these people.

How ironic.

[Rywill]

I think it's hilarious. I also think folks should celebrate their wedding in whatever way makes them happy. If that means dressing up in Star Wars costumes... well, is it any worse than the mind-numbingingly dull trappings of the traditional formal American wedding?
You had a wedding where I had to eat all the food with my hands.

Although I have to admit it was the funnest wedding I had (or have) ever been to.

[MattKeil]

I absolutely have to laugh at the Qt3 reaction to this. I remember when anyone who played computer games was taunted and derided just as nastily as you guys do to these people.

How ironic.

Playing a game of M.U.L.E......attending one of the most important events in my life dressed as Darth Vader...

Yeah, I'm seeing an apples/oranges thing here.

[Sparky]

I remember when anyone who played computer games was taunted and derided just as nastily as you guys do to these people.
Hey now -- I'm not deriding these people. I am very pro-geeky-costume. In fact, I am wearing a very silly hat RIGHT NOW. People who can get that enthusiastic about stuff* are the creamy filling in the Little Debbie Swiss Cake Roll of life.

*not including stuff like "chopping people up and putting them in the refrigerator", "having sex with capybaras", "going to Sammy Hagar concerts" etc.

[Warlord of Mars]

I absolutely have to laugh at the Qt3 reaction to this. I remember when anyone who played computer games was taunted and derided just as nastily as you guys do to these people.

How ironic.

It's never happened to me, since I don't fit the typical computer nerd profile. Sorry, anyway. :)

[Sean Tudor]

I absolutely have to laugh at the Qt3 reaction to this. I remember when anyone who played computer games was taunted and derided just as nastily as you guys do to these people.

How ironic.

I am sure everyone has had a secret wish to dress up in a stormtrooper costume at least once in their life.

Of course everyone here is way too cool to even contemplate such a thing hence this thread - the same people that obsess over console games, PC games, MMORPG's, mindless political discussions, blah blah blah ...

(and no I am not exempting myself - just pointing out the bleeding obvious)

How ironic indeed. :wink:

But it is still fun to make fun of people dressing up as stormtroopers posing next to garden gnomes ... yeah that makes a LOT of sense ... :D

[Jason McMaster]

I ride around in a wheelchair and piss off Tom Green, I can't say shit.

[Ben Sones]

You had a wedding where I had to eat all the food with my hands.

Although I have to admit it was the funnest wedding I had (or have) ever been to.

Utensils are overrated. I'll also remind you that we had a "bottle of wine to guest" ratio of approximately 1:1, so chances are good that everyone would have ended up eating with their hands eventually anyway.

Personally, given the choice between wearing a silly costume and a tux, I'd rather wear a silly costume. Although I guess if you think about it, a tux really is sort of a costume, in that it's something that you'd never normally wear. But it's an ugly, uncomfortable costume (and let's not even get started with bridesmaid dresses... some of the bridesmaid dresses that I've seen make Stormtrooper outfits look sane and ordinary by comparison).

[Timemaster Tim]

Although I guess if you think about it, a tux really is sort of a costume, in that it's something that you'd never normally wear.

Ummm.... I actually own a tux.

[Guido Jones]

I am sure everyone has had a secret wish to dress up in a stormtrooper costume at least once in their life.


Yeah sure - when I was 13. And not on my wedding day. But other than that, exactly the same.

[Ben Sones]

Ummm.... I actually own a tux.

I own a formal Elizabethan doublet, but that doesn't make it any less a costume. And for me, there is little practical difference between the doublet and the tux, since I have worn each exactly once (one at my wedding, the other at my prom).

[Midnight Son]

Do you have...... a puffy shirt? Do Kramer and George like it? :lol:

[Ben Sones]

Yes, and almost certainly.

[FlamingSheep]

The stormtrooper in the cardboard cutout of the Tin Man makes me laugh every time.

[Sparky]

Ummm.... I actually own a tux.
I do too. With tails!

[Ben Sones]

Sparky, little red demon tails don't count. Neither do fish tails.

[Sparky]

Neither do fish tails.
Whaddya think I am, some kinda FURRY? Sheesh.

[Ben Sones]

Fish are furry?

[Rywill]

I own a formal Elizabethan doublet, but that doesn't make it any less a costume.
Seriously. I own a werewolf mask, but I would still definitely put it under the heading of "costume." Although it would be pretty cool to wear it to a formal event like a wedding or a courtroom appearance and just walk around going, "Hey, I own this. Chill out."

[Ben Sones]

The courtroom scenario would be a good time to cash in on my offer, by the way. Just sayin'.

[Rywill]

I assume you mean your offer to pay me $100 to cite to Alien v. Predator. It actually would be a good time to take you up on that, since I could serve all my contempt time at once.

[quatoria]

I absolutely have to laugh at the Qt3 reaction to this. I remember when anyone who played computer games was taunted and derided just as nastily as you guys do to these people.

How ironic.

Which was sort of my point, when I chided whossisname for the "I'm sure their parents are very proud," comment. The images, however, are undeniably amusing, in a surrealist way. I mean, storm-troopers frolicking with elves and dragons? C'mon, that had to at least get a snicker.

[Bill Dungsroman]

I absolutely have to laugh at the Qt3 reaction to this. I remember when anyone who played computer games was taunted and derided just as nastily as you guys do to these people.

How ironic.

Which was sort of my point, when I chided whossisname for the "I'm sure their parents are very proud," comment. The images, however, are undeniably amusing, in a surrealist way. I mean, storm-troopers frolicking with elves and dragons? C'mon, that had to at least get a snicker.

Yeah. Why the hell can't we laugh at goofy people? You know, I'm an internet nerd, but I'm an internet nerd with a large muscular dick and a big-shot career and I'm going places, dammit. So I'm gonna laugh at fruits who cavort in absurdly-authentic-looking Storm Trooper outfits and get married by Magic fucking Fairies. Sorry all, but I just don't have the chops to not bust a guffaw at that shit. We're talking Jack Tripper Three's Company spit-takes over the affair.

What's the deal-breaker here kids? What's the forcefield that shields our glass houses as we throw stones? OUR GAYNESS IS NOT POSTED IN PICTORIAL FORM ON THE INTERNET. I once leapt from my chair and danced around the room, pumping my fists in triumph when I finally killed Firkraag the red dragon in Baldur's Gate 2 (before realizing his dumb ass can be fooled by fire elementals). I was clad in old boxer shorts that ripped straight up the ass crack when I did a half-splits and shouted "KABOOM YOU BIG SILLY RED POOF!" (I paraphrase) at the climax of the impromptu dragonslaying interpretive dance. BUT NOBODY SAW IT! And since there is no damning physical evidence to prove it, beyond my half-assed anecdote, I might possibly have never done it and my opposing party is just going to have to hire guys who falsely claim they were in the room when I did it - falsely!

Anyway, the Transformer Boxbot guy is a FUCKING DORK.

[VegasRobb]

It's kinda cool that the Stormtroopers are in reasonable shape. They look authentic.

While it's not something I would personally do, I wouldn't have any problem attending.

[Kunikos]

That's why when Tom Chick and I get married, I will wear my Dr. Doom costume and he's going to wear his Totoro outfit. And everyone will throw Magic cards instead of rice.

Which color and version of basic lands would you like to be thrown your way?

[Robert Sharp]

You have a muscle in your penis, Bill? What do you use it for?

[VegasRobb]

You have a muscle in your penis, Bill? What do you use it for?

Maybe he meant, muscular "looking"?

[Sparky]

That's why when Tom Chick and I get married, I will wear my Dr. Doom costume and he's going to wear his Totoro outfit. And everyone will throw Magic cards instead of rice.

Which color and version of basic lands would you like to be thrown your way?
Swamp cards would be nice...they would go with our Dagobah-themed reception, which we are holding at the Bob's Big Boy in Burbank. Of course everyone here is invited, but you have to wear costumes.

[Nathan]

Ooh! My costume is gonna be Gordon from The West Wing!

[Lunch of Kong]

Shoot, *everyone* should come as Gordon from West Wing. It'll be just like that masquerade orgy in Eyes Wide Shut, but people will be holding up Gordon masks instead. Can you even imagine how insanely great that would be?

PS. Don't forget to cut out eye holes.

[TomChick]

I love this thread because in it, I get to marry Sparky. But I'm worred about what kind of Photoshopping might be on the way. So I've retained Rywill, Desslock, Sharpe, and Supertanker as my legal dream team to make sure there are no unlicensed uses of the Gordon likeness.

-Tom

[Sparky]

"Waiter #1 From Frasier" is also a good costume option. Don't worry about getting confused with the caterers -- they'll all be dressed as Ewoks or Little Bo Peeps.

[Bill Dungsroman]

You have a muscle in your penis, Bill?

Actually, it's my cremaster (www.gpnotebook.co.uk/cache/-731185075.htm) muscle in my balls, but it's so yacked it extends up into the base of my dick shaft. You asked!


What do you use it for?

WHY YOU GODDAMNED FRUIT how dare you ask such a thing.

[Anders Hallin]

I only have a suit (for funerals). If I was a girl, I'd totally have gotten a tux after watching Tipping the Velvet, though.